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Crews spent days vacuuming the pool bottom after dumping gallon jugs of hydrogen peroxide into the water to abate the blooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Korner chided the prosecution for "wholesale dumping" of documents and urged the parties to work together to reduce the size of the case file.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

After the Second World War ended, the Allies disposed of tons of ammunition by dumping it into the ocean so it could not fall into the wrong hands.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

You may also pick up on local news reports about a 747 dumping fuel on several South-Central elementary schools, inspired by a true story from January 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

And then the moving men make a huge mess, dumping everything all over the place.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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